Alexandria residents clapped, cheered, and even read impassioned pleas from youngsters on Saturday to urge that proposed construction off of Interstate 395 not damage the city’s Winkler Botanical Preserve.

The proposals in question are ramp options that would provide direct access from I-395 to the Mark Center site off of Seminary Road. The site is set to house 6,400 Defense Department employees transferring there under the federal government’s Base Realignment And Closure plan.

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